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xkcd #3244: Pullback Drive

Title text:

"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3244/

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[–] Jakylla@jlai.lu 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I heard about racing car having spinning wheels too, instead of br~~e~~aking before turns, accumulating energy into them, then after the turn, releasing them for huge acceleration

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Jakylla@jlai.lu 2 points 19 hours ago

Thanks for the fix ;)

[–] xylol@leminal.space 8 points 1 day ago

If its a race car it does both